By Global Issues Shakira has long helped raise awareness for the rights of the world’s most vulnerable children, so on the heels of the International Day of Education , marked annually on 24 January, we took a look at the Grammy-award winning singer’s work with the UN. Read the full story, “Stories from the UN […]
By Global Issues UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (IPS) – For over a year, a group of United Nations peacekeepers from Ghana led by Captain Esinam Baah regularly patrolled the “blue line” or the demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel, and visited neighbourhoods in the area, checking in with local families and making sure they were […]
By Global Issues KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan 24 (IPS) – At high cost and with dubious efficiency, public-private partnerships (PPPs) have increased private profits at the public expense. PPPs have proved costly in financing public projects. Read the full story, “PPPs Private Gain at Public Expense”, on globalissues.org → Source: PPPs Private Gain at Public […]